I
never
really knew
of Etheree
until I found them
(quite by chance, as it was)
one March Wednesday morning,
laid in bed before day started,
when I read of their strange properties,
being a progressing ten-syllables.
As much fun as it was to then write one,
I soon wrote a double Etheree;
which seemed like a good idea,
until I became unstuck
trying to count numbers
from ten to just one –
this hurt my brain,
and I wept
until
done.
The Etheree
(taken From ShadowPoetry.com)
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Get creative and write an Etheree with more than one verse, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.
Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
…Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on!
